coupled with the additional actions that congress has taken and the european union, japan, south korea, canada, australia, and others have taken, is that iran is now under more economic pressure than ever before. it is feeling that pressure. the indications are multiple and varied. and now iran is having to factor this new pressure in to its calculations. we remain ready and willing to engage at the negotiating table. but iran has to be prepared to resolve legitimate concerns about the program in a serious way and peacefully. and that's a major accomplishment in the last year. >> would it help that the president of the united states sat down with the president of iran who's in new york right now, the president's here in new york or on the way. would it help for the two of them to sit down? >> i don't think, wolf, a meeting at the head of state level makes any sense absent iran very seriously. being willing to give up the nuclear program through negotiations. we're part of a group called the p-5 plus one. the permanent members of the security council plus germany. through the shared envoy, we r